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Topic: 1970 Cuda hood spring attachment (Read 414 times)

Recently finished restoring my hood latch, spring, and safety spring in a brownish original (I hope) color. While installing them today I noticed that I'm apparently missing a piece that fastens the hood spring to the latch assembly. Can somebody please tell or show me what attaches to the pictured bolt and then I assume the spring to hold the spring in place.

Thanks Shane and Alan. I'll check and let you know. I guess the bolt being in the middle of the spring had me confused thinking that something must attach to the bolt. Did you guys by chance see my post in Electrical re my wiper arm linkage hitting my cowl? I'd be curious on you take on that issue. As always, your help is really appreciated by this amateur.

Okay, talk about feeling like an idiot. Anyway, just checked and installed the pop up spring just as Shane described. It was so easy I couldn't see the forest for the trees so to speak. Alan, the tab was not broken, just didn't show the bent over part with the black paint. That bolt just really threw me. I was sure that it had something to do with how the spring was connected.

Now another stupid question. I noticed on the hood just above and slightly to the right of where the spring would hit the hood when closed there are two small screw holes. Does something mount there to prevent the spring from scraping the paint on the hood?

Nothing goes on the hood to prevent the spring from eating the paint. Only holes I can think of are to the left for the hood safety catch. I put a rubber cap on my spring to help prevent the spring from eating the hood paint.

Here's pictures of the two holes. Upon closer examination they don't look like screw holes but possibly "body" holes. Shane I like the cap idea. I'll have to do that. Excuse the dust in the picture. Car needs a good detailing right now, especially being black.